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Jesper Sondergaard Thybo
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Jesper Sondergaard Thybo

DenmarkBorn 1999 (age 27)FIDE ID 1438832

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2548
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2569
Luft

Flair

Jesper Sondergaard Thybo's classical flairs

0 of 19 earned over the last 12 months

  • TitanLuft classical rating averaging 2800+ over the last 4 years
  • Serial WinnerWon 2+ elite events in the last 12 months
  • UnderdogRegularly beats players rated 50+ higher
  • Fortress25+ games in a row without a loss
  • Black BeltDoes better with black than with white
  • IronmanPlayed 50+ games over the last 12 months
  • RisingAged 18 or under, Luft rating up 40+ over the last 12 months
  • Endgame SpecialistEndgame 90+: converting, saving and not throwing endgames
  • TacticianTactics 90+: sharp, tactical games they made sharp
  • LightningTop 20 at speed chess (mostly blitz, some rapid)
  • Hot StreakAt least 6 points from 7 straight games against strong opposition
  • SignatureSticks to one defence with black far more than most
  • ChameleonPlays a wide range of defences with black
  • WildcardBrilliant one event, off the next: hard to predict
  • ReliableConsistent across all top events
  • FighterRarely draws, and wins far more than they lose
  • AdaptableTactics and Positional both 90+
  • PositionalPositional 90+: slow, quiet games they steered
  • PodiumTop 3 in at least half of their elite events

No classical flair in the last year yet.

Trophy cabinet

Jesper Sondergaard Thybo's classical titles

1 classical title, newest first

  • Danish Championship 20251st
  • Danish Championship 

Attributes

Tactics 77Positional 77Endgame 75Openings 76Composure 77Defence 81Speed 66Consistency 82

Luft classical rating

2548No. 182

From 11 classical games in top events over the last year, playing at a 2459 level.

ResultsPlayed at a 2459 level, blended with their FIDE rating−13
Tournament winsNone in the last year0
FormThe last 3 months against the whole year−4
ConsistencyHow steady they are from event to event+2
Activity11 classical games in top events−6

Openings

Their most-played, from 50 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Catalan Opening658%
Bogo-Indian Defense463%
Queen's Gambit Declined438%
Grünfeld Defense275%
Slav Defense250%

Catalan Opening

With White: 6 games, won 1, drew 5, lost 0 · 58%

VariationGamesScore
Open Defense560%
Closed150%

Bogo-Indian Defense

With White: 4 games, won 1, drew 3, lost 0 · 63%

VariationGamesScore
Nimzowitsch Variation367%
Retreat Variation150%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With White: 4 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 2 · 38%

VariationGamesScore
Ragozin Defense250%
Main line225%

Grünfeld Defense

With White: 2 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Three Knights Variation275%

Slav Defense

With White: 2 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Quiet Variation150%
Exchange Variation150%

Italian Game

With Black: 5 games, won 1, drew 2, lost 2 · 40%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation317%
Giuoco Pianissimo275%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 4 games, won 1, drew 3, lost 0 · 63%

VariationGamesScore
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack367%
Closed150%

English Opening

With Black: 4 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 2 · 38%

VariationGamesScore
Symmetrical Variation438%

Ruy Lopez

With Black: 3 games, won 1, drew 2, lost 0 · 67%

VariationGamesScore
Berlin Defense367%

Nimzo-Indian Defense

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 0, lost 2 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Rubinstein System10%
Normal Variation10%

Recent events

See all
EventPlace+/−+/−
German Bundesliga 2026/2711 Oct 20261½/300
46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 202627 Sep 20266/10−10−9
German Bundesliga 2025/2611 Jan 20263½/6+5+6
European Team Chess Championship 202514 Oct 20253½/8−10−5
45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 202422 Sep 20245½/10−6−4

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMS. Gumularz12 Oct 2025 · European Team Chess Championship 20252592
GMJ. Klimkowski7 Dec 2025 · German Bundesliga 2025/262531
GMF. Handke3 Feb 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/242526
GMG. Nasuta28 Sep 2025 · German Bundesliga 2025/262502
GMG. Quparadze10 Oct 2025 · European Team Chess Championship 20252493

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMG. KjartanssonLast 14 Oct 2025 · European Team Chess Championship 20252011
GMA. PichotLast 11 Oct 2026 · German Bundesliga 2026/272011
GMG. Hernandez GuerreroLast 17 Sep 2026 · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 20262110
GMD. RogozencoLast 21 Oct 2022 · Bundesliga 20221010
FMN. KuznecovsLast 4 Feb 2023 · Bundesliga 20221010

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.